Far from home. Soldiers' fate
Prisoners of war and death in a foreign land. Second expanded edition.
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Beschreibung
The fifth expanded volume is dedicated to the topic of "Prisoners of War and Death in a Foreign Land"
and spans 656 pages. It was triggered by a reference in the denazification file of the former NSDAP
local group leader in Kirchweyhe. Among other things, it contained a photo of the funeral service
for four “enemy fallen” English soldiers of the Royal Air Force at the Kirchweyhe cemetery.
The serious wounding of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel during the invasion of Normandy in 1944
is documented in detail. Finally, the author's father was also seriously wounded on the same day
and in the same place. This documentation examines the biographies of twelve Allied Air Force pilots
who claimed to have taken Rommel out of action. During research on captured submarine commanders,
evidence was found of “Feme murders” in POW camps on the American continent. The findings led
directly to the cemetery of the United States Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
This historic site is the final resting place of fourteen German soldiers who were accused, convicted and
executed by hanging.
The “Feme murders” in the POW camps were the catalyst for the establishment of the “Home Study
Department,” where German prisoners could study selected subjects at American universities
and take the “Final Examination.”
Nineteen-year-old Private First Class Helmuth Höltken lost his life in the massacre during the battle for
Convoy PQ 13 when the German destroyer Z 26 was sunk in the Arctic Ocean near Murmansk.
My recent family history is extremely interesting and practically cries out for such a documentary
to be published.
Autor*in
Wolfgang Meyer
Wolfgang Meyer, born in 1946 in Kirchweyhe near Bremen,
completed an apprenticeship as a typesetter and
printing salesman. This was followed by positions as production
and manufacturing manager at an international book and
magazine publisher in Munich, as head of special projects
at a newspaper publisher in Bavaria, and as senior consultant
and project manager at a European management consultancy.
As an associate board member at a religious
media company, he was able to contribute his expertise in the media sector.
Themen in »Far from home. Soldiers' fate«
D-Day Fememorde Arctic-Convoy-PQ13 Rommel Hitlerjugend Arbeitsdienst Murmansk Royal-Navy POW-University Kriegsmarine